Waiting for The Expanse…

Season 2 of the SyFy show inspired by the amazing space opera series by James S.A. Corey is about to begin, and as I was looking for some news and trailers (by the way, the few snippets we were afforded about Martian marine Bobbie Draper are more than promising…) I found this quite funny Season 1 recap – or rather, re-cat, since it’s all done with cats in the roles of the main characters.

It’s too delightful not to be shared 🙂

WARNING

If you have not seen Season 1 of The Expanse, or read the first book in the series, Leviathan Wakes, the video will be full of spoilers: watch at your own risk!

I am finally working though the first season now that it is up on Amazon Prime. What is funny about the books is I was lukewarm after one book and only Abraham’s track record kept me going. Books two and three good and made sure I stayed excited thought!

Now that I’ve read the sixth book in the series I can say that it never repeats itself, but on the contrary it builds on previously explored ground and gets better and better with each new installment.

The books allow for more depth of course, but that’s typical of the medium. I must however say that the tv series did an excellent job of translating the story to the screen, using visual clues rather than long exposition – which, in my point of view, is always a plus.

Since you read the books there are no spoilers there for you, but having seen the show I can say that some of the visual choices are better appreciated if you’ve seen the tv series. One of my laugh out loud moments? When cat-Avarasala appears… 😀

One of the most positive aspects of the tv adaptation is that it turned out to be on an equal footing with the book – something that happens quite rarely. But of course the books give you so much more… 🙂